Stalinism

Stalinism is a form of Marxism–Leninism associated with Joseph Stalin, marked by one-party rule, centralized state control, forced collectivization, and political repression.

Communist Party of the Soviet Union: The ruling political party of the Soviet Union from 1917 until its dissolution in 1991. Its monopoly on political power provided the institutional core of Stalinist rule.
Russian Revolution: The upheavals of 1917 that ended imperial rule in Russia and brought the Bolsheviks to power. The Bolshevik state created the setting in which Stalin later consolidated power.
Joseph Stalin: A Soviet political leader who ruled the Soviet Union from the late 1920s until his death in 1953. His policies and authority gave Stalinism its name and defining historical form.
Holodomor: The catastrophic famine in Soviet Ukraine in 1932–1933, during forced collectivization and grain requisitioning. It illustrates the deadly consequences of Stalinist agricultural policies in Ukraine.
Trotskyism: A communist political tradition associated with Leon Trotsky, emphasizing international revolution and opposition to Stalinist bureaucracy. It became Stalinism's most prominent ideological and political rival within the communist movement.
Command economy: An economic system in which central authorities direct production, investment, and distribution. State plans gave the leadership direct control over industrial output and resources.
Russian Civil War: The conflict from 1917 to 1922 between Bolshevik forces and their opponents in the former Russian Empire. War communism and political centralization shaped the institutions inherited by Stalin.
Nikolai Bukharin: A Bolshevik theorist and Soviet politician executed during the Great Purge in 1938. His opposition to rapid forced collectivization exposed alternatives within the ruling party.
Soviet famine of 1930–1933: A famine across several Soviet regions that killed millions during collectivization and grain requisitions. It shows that mass starvation extended beyond Ukraine during the same policy crisis.
Maoism: A form of Marxism–Leninism developed by Mao Zedong, emphasizing peasant revolution and protracted people's war. It adapted communist rule beyond the Soviet model and later diverged from Moscow.

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